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WorksheetsApplied Economics Revisit
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 8mins
Everything has a reason. Which of the following is the best reason why we need to study Economics?
Because of the shortage in the market.
Because of the shortage in the market.
Because of the inevitable scarcity.
Because of the inevitable scarcity.
The effective management of our scarce resources are what we call the study of Economics. Which of the following is the field of economics concerned with using economic theories and models, and related principles and concepts to understand and try to solve socioeconomic issues?
Rationalized Economics
Economics with Land Reform
Applied Economics
Analysis Economics
The concept of scarcity is coupled with the fact that human desires are unlimited. Which of the following concept in Economics defines as the things that are desired which are essentials for human survival?
Wants
Needs
Important things
Necessary commodities
There are plenty of definition for this concept but in terms of economics, it is all the man-made factor of production used to create another product. Which of the following terms best describe the above mentioned?
Capital
Entrepreneurship
Labor
Land
Factors of Production are considered to be scarce. Which factor of production are the one that is responsible for the integration of other factors of production?
Capital
Entrepreneurship
Labor
Land
Poverty talks about the condition where a population is only able to meet its basic subsistence. Which of the following is a kind of poverty wherein the population are severely deprived from their basic needs?
Relative Poverty
Selective Poverty
Absolute Poverty
Severe Poverty
Unemployment is one major economic problem that the Philippines is facing today. Which of the following is a kind of underemployment wherein there is less demand for a specific job?
Frictional Unemployment
Cyclical Unemployment
Structural Unemployment
Seasonal Unemployment
Underemployment is another significant concern related to labor. There are two types of underemployment namely Visible and Invisible. Which of the following is the characteristic that differentiates the two kinds of Underemployment?
Kind of Work
Utilization of Skills
Inadequate Compensation
Working Hours
One of the effects of overpopulation is migration. Which of the following is the concept of emigration of highly trained professionals and technical workers to a particular country?
Low Opportunity
High Opportunity
Brain Drain
Brain Gain
Cost-benefit analysis can be used in fertility rate among women. Which of the following is the reason why poor household tend to have large families than better-off household?
Because the cost and benefit of rearing a child is equal.
Because the cost of rearing a child is high and the benefit is low.
Because the benefit of rearing a child is low and the cost is high.
Because the cost of rearing a child is low and the benefit is high.
Weak infrastructure lessens the productivity of the economy. The government are considering some options to lessen the effect of weak infrastructure by allowing the private sector to engage in the construction of infrastructure project. Which of the following will be the possible negative result of this public-private partnership?
The quality of the infrastructure will increase.
The quality of infrastructure will decrease.
The pricing will be high.
The pricing will be low.
Food security is all about the availability and accessibility of the food to the people. Rice Tariffication Law is one solution of the government to have food security in terms rice. Which of the following is the adverse effect of this law to the Philippines?
The price of the rice will increase.
The price of the rice will decrease.
Local farmers will prosper.
Local farmers will suffer.
Law of demand states that if the price of certain commodity decrease, the quantity demanded will increase and vice versa. Which of the following is not the factor affecting the demand curve?
Income
Taxes
Taste and Preferences
Expectations
You saw in the news that the price of the gasoline in the market will increase by tomorrow morning, then the demand for the gasoline today increases. Which of the following factors affects the demand of the gasoline today?
Income
Taxes
Taste and Preferences
Expectations
In order to be a developed country, we must need to attain the economic development core values. All of the following are the core values of economic development EXCEPT?
Luxurious living
Self-Esteem
Freedom
Sustenance
One major economic problem in the country is poverty. Which of the following are the proportion of households in the country with family income lower than the poverty line?
Poverty Threshold
Relative Poverty
Absolute Poverty
Poverty Incidence
This occurs when the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied. Which among market situation is the statement above all about?
Excess Supply
Little Demand
Shortage
Surplus
When the consumer already achieved their maximum satisfaction. That is the time when they are already satiated. What kind of principle in economics is the above statement about?
Diminishing Marginal Utility
Diminishing Marginal Productivity
Diminishing Marginal Cost
Diminishing Marginal Benefit
Price Floor is a government power to protect the producers. This is a price control in which prices cannot go lower than the mandated price of the government. Which of the following market situation that price floor needs to be implemented?
If there is Surplus
If there is Shortage
If government take advantage of their power.
If government just want it.
The products in this market seem to be identical but have different brands.
Pure Competition
Monopoly
Oligopoly
Monopolistic Competition
This structure involves many buyers and sellers who sell the same product.
Pure Competition
Monopoly
Oligopoly
Monopolistic Competition
This market is characterized by collusion among market players/Producers.
Pure Competition
Monopoly
Oligopoly
Monopolistic Competition
This Market has only one seller which represents the whole industry.
Pure Competition
Monopoly
Oligopoly
Monopolistic Competition
One major obstacle to entry in this market is the high initial capital requirement.
Pure Competition
Monopoly
Oligopoly
Monopolistic Competition
One major problem encountered in this market is the improvement of products and services.
Pure Competition
Monopoly
Oligopoly
Monopolistic Competition
